Elephant Ears
Heredity: Hybrid
Country of Origin: USA
Hybridizer or Originator: LariAnn Garner

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Plant Height: 5 to 9 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Other: Seasonal.
Underground structures: Rhizome
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Other: All parts of plant contain calcium oxalate crystals, an irritant to the mouth and esophagus. Toxic to cats and dogs.
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Remove seed from berry which contains chemicals that inhibit germination. Viability declines if seeds are allowed to dry. Soak overnight in distilled water and plant.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Parentage: Alocasia odora x A. gageana

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Common names
  • Elephant's Ear
  • Upright Elephant Ear
Also sold as:
  • Alocasia Caladora
  • Alocasia Calodora
  • Alocasia x calidora

Photo Gallery
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2015-09-19
Berries ripening on this 3rd year plant. While blooming small lea
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2015-07-10
Showing male (staminate) flowers and a portion of the sterile spa
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2014-08-108
Location: Gardenfish garden 
Date: July 15 2021
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-09-20
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2007-07-26
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2013-07-02
Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2019-09-29
Newly opened leaf
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-10-09
Just a baby but I only lost one leaf over winter.
Uploaded by Bubbles
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Uploaded by robertduval14
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-05-28
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2015-09-24
Insert showing wax gland, a trait of Alocasia, where primary late
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-06-02
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-09-30
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-03-08
over-wintering in basement
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-03-23
Alocasia - Calidora Elephant Ear 001
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-08-30
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-10-18
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-02-14

photo credit: David J. Stang
Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2019-09-29
1st season specimen in semi-outdoor atrium
Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2019-09-29
Mature leaf
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2007-07-27
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-03-23
Calidora 001
Location: central Illinois
Date: 10-16-13
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Comments:
  • Posted by eclayne (Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA - Zone 6a) on Jun 4, 2012 3:53 PM concerning plant:
    Bred by LariAnn Garner of Aroidia Research
    Hybrid formula: A. odora x A. gageana
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